Oz Clarke Livres

Enfin un guide réellement pratique sur le vin : sans jargon ni fioritures, ne requérant aucune connaissance de base. Un outil simple et agréable qui vous permettra de choisir et d'apprécier les différents vins qui sont présentement sur le marché. Les saveurs et les styles de vins : Fruité, épicé, vif, intense. La dégustation : Sentir, goûter, observer, évaluer. Les termes œnologiques : Tous ceux qu'il vous faut connaître. L'association des vins et des mets : Principes de base, suggestions. Comment le choisir : Au restaurant, au magasin, sur Internet. Comment le servir : Ouvrir la bouteille, le décanter, le laisser respirer, les verres. Les régions vinicoles du monde : Descriptions et suggestions.

Grapes & Wines is the key to enjoying modern wine. The perfect book to help you find out more about classic grapes, the history, the places, the people, the styles and the flavours. Grapes & Wines has been revised and updated to make it once again a helpful, thorough and readable guide to the world's most interesting wines for 2016.

Illustrated with photographs of stunning wine landscapes and detailed, maps of key wine countries and regions, this book illustrates and explains the vital connections between wine and its landscape. Fundamental to the understanding of wine is a sense of place - knowing which country, which region, which hillside and which vineyard a wine comes from adds enormously to the pleasure of drinking it.

Approaching wine through grapes is in tune with the way consumers now think and learn about wine. This is the definitive, up to date guide to the world's greatest grapes and the wines they make - the history, the places, the people, the wine styles and the flavours.

Winemaking is as old as civilization itself, and this illuminating volume takes a unique approach to that history: by exploring 100 bottles that have had the biggest impact on the evolution of wine. Moving from the first cork tops to screw caps, renowned wine writer Oz Clarke presents such landmarks as the introduction of the cylindrical wine bottle in the 1780s; the first estate to bottle and label its own wine (formerly sold in casks to merchants only); the most expensive bottle sold at auction and the oldest unopened bottle; the change in classifications; and the creation of numerous famous vintages

Fully revised and updated by Oz, with new entries on key wineries, vineyards and producers from around the country.

We're a nation of drinkers but what do we drink? Following their previous highly amusing journeys around France and California Oz and James embark on a summer road trip around their homeland, on a quest to find the drink that defines modern Britain.

An updated edition of the guide tothe best wines in the world by two of the world's most knowledgeable and entertaining wine experts.This handsome, updated edition of Clarke & Spurrier's Fine Wine Guide is the ultimate ready-reference to the world's best wine-for buying, for estimating the value of your collection, for restaurant selection, for investing. Organized by wine region with an alphabetical list of the top wine names and leading producers in every major wine-producing country, the guide is fully cross-referenced for ease of use. In this completely redesigned elegant and enduring format, these two expert authors survey the world of wine and bring you its best-not necessarily the famous Bordeaux growths, but the best wine from around the globe.

Oz's most authoritative and definitive, yet also his most personal wine book ever. This book, and Oz, really are your personal wine guides.

Oz uses his trademark wit and irreverent style to teach you the basics of wine appreciation and show you how to get more out of a bottle of wine, and find out what is really inside. Divided into short, easy to read topics, now is the moment to grab that glass, learn about what's inside that bottle and taste while you read...